EP3019036A1 - Formulierungen und verfahren für nährstoffverabreichung - Google Patents

Formulierungen und verfahren für nährstoffverabreichung

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EP3019036A1
EP3019036A1 EP14732769.6A EP14732769A EP3019036A1 EP 3019036 A1 EP3019036 A1 EP 3019036A1 EP 14732769 A EP14732769 A EP 14732769A EP 3019036 A1 EP3019036 A1 EP 3019036A1
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John D. Alvey
Carol Lynn Berseth
Deborah Schade
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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  • the present disclosure relates to improved enteral nutritional compositions comprising docosahexaenoic acid (“DHA”) and arachidonic acid (“ARA”) and also to methods for providing nutritional support in the form of a stabilized emulsion to a population of subjects suffering from nutritional deficiencies, such as preterm and/or low- birth-weight infants.
  • the liquid nutritional composition of the present disclosure may contain a lipid component that contains an emulsion of DHA and/or ARA that is dispersed in an aqueous component.
  • the nutritional composition may be suitable for enteral delivery via
  • nasogastric tube intragastric feeding, transpyloric administration and/or any other means of administration that results in the introduction of the nutritional composition directly into the digestive tract of a subject.
  • the present disclosure relates to an improved enteral nutritional composition that addresses nutritional deficiencies in ill populations as well as other physiological consequences often arising from those deficiencies.
  • the disclosure addresses nutritional deficiencies that may arise in preterm and/or low-birth-weight infants.
  • Nutritional support for a preterm infant is of great importance since short- term survival and long-term growth and development are at stake.
  • Important goals when providing nutritional support to preterm infants include promoting growth rates and nutrient accretion, thereby optimizing neurodevelopmental outcomes and laying strong foundations for long-term health. These goals are not easily attained in a low-birth-weight infant, as often the premature infant may be critically ill and cannot tolerate traditional enteral feeding due to a variety of factors including concomitant pathologies, immature gastrointestinal system, and other immature organ systems.
  • TPN total parenteral nutrition
  • TPN fails to provide an adequate supply of valuable nutrients, such as DHA and ARA. Accordingly, many preternn infants do not receive an adequate supply of DHA or ARA.
  • LCPUFAs such as DHA and ARA during the last trimester of pregnancy, as the placenta provides the fetus with DHA and ARA.
  • DHA is an omega-3-fatty acid and is the most abundant LCPUFA in the brain and retina and is thought to be essential for proper brain and vision development of infants.
  • a metabolic pathway exists for biosynthesis from dietary linolenic acid the pathway is bioenergetically unfavorable, and mammals obtain most of their DHA from preformed DHA provided via dietary sources.
  • the source of DHA is typically human milk; however, DHA is typically absent from parenteral formulas provided to preterm infants.
  • Parenteral formulas also generally fail to provide sufficient amounts of ARA.
  • ARA is an omega-6 LCPUFA that serves a major role as a structural lipid associated with phospholipids in the blood, liver, muscle and other major organ systems. ARA is synthesized by the elongation and desaturation of linoleic acid. However, most ARA must be provided in the diet. ARA is especially important during periods of rapid body growth, and is, therefore, an important component of infant nutrition.
  • feeding volume is often not well tolerated in preterm infants, and nutrients must be provided in an acceptable volume, often via enteral administration.
  • An appropriate method of enteral feeding for a preterm infant is based on gestational age, birth weight, clinical condition and on the opinion of presiding medical personnel. Specific feeding decisions are made based on an infant's ability to coordinate sucking, swallowing and breathing. Frequently, preterm infants or infants who are less mature, weak or critically ill require feeding by tube to avoid risks of aspiration and to conserve energy.
  • Nasogastric feedings are commonly used in neonatal intensive care units and may be accomplished with bolus or continuous infusions of fortified human milk or other nutritional supplements. Continuous feedings may be better tolerated by very low birth weight infants and infants who have not previously tolerated bolus feedings; however, as previously discussed, reduced or deficient nutrient delivery is a problem associated with continuous feeding methods known in the art.
  • the nutritional compositions and methods of the present disclosure provide enteral nutritional support to subjects suffering from nutritional deficiencies in order to promote optimum health and development.
  • the nutritional composition(s) disclosed herein deliver important nutrients that are either absent from or provided in inadequate amounts in parenteral nutrition compositions and other infant formulas.
  • the present disclosure is directed to a stable nutritional composition for addressing nutritional deficiencies in subjects, such as preterm infants, requiring small-volume nutritional support and to methods for promoting healthy
  • the present disclosure comprises a nutritional
  • composition comprising an emulsion of DHA and/or ARA.
  • the nutritional composition is appropriate for enteral administration in a pediatric subject.
  • Yet another embodiment comprises a nutritional supplement comprising DHA and/or ARA for fortifying human milk or infant formula suitable for oral administration.
  • the present disclosure comprises a method for providing nutritional support to a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a nutritional composition comprising an emulsion of DHA and/or ARA.
  • the present disclosure provides nutritional compositions and methods for providing nutritional support.
  • the nutritional compositions include a lipid component comprising DHA and ARA and are suitable for delivery to subjects suffering from nutritional deficiencies, such as preterm infants.
  • the present disclosure further provides an improved fortifier for addition to human milk or infant formula.
  • the fortifier comprises a stable emulsion of DHA and ARA.
  • the present disclosure still further provides methods for providing nutritional support to subjects, such as preterm infants.
  • enteral administration includes, but is not limited to, feeding via nasogastric tube, orogastric feeding, intragastric feeding, or transpyloric administration.
  • Enteral administration may also include any other method known in the art for introducing a nutritional composition directly into the digestive tract other than via oral feeding.
  • the phrase "nutritional composition” includes nutritional supplements, human milk fortifiers, infant formula fortifiers, and the like, but is not limited to the same.
  • the nutritional compositions of the present disclosure may be suitable for either enteral or oral administration.
  • Preterm infant nneans a subject born before 37 weeks gestational age.
  • preterm infant is used interchangeably with the phrase “premature infant.”
  • Low birth weight infant means an infant born weighing less than 2500 grams
  • Very low birth weight infant means an infant born weighing less than 1500 grams (approximately 3 lbs, 4 ounces).
  • Extremely low birth weight infant means an infant born weighing less than 1000 grams (approximately 2 lbs, 3 ounces).
  • infant means a human subject ranging in age from birth to not more than about one year and includes infants from 0 to about 12 months corrected.
  • corrected age means an infant's chronological age minus the amount of time that the infant was born premature. Therefore, the corrected age is the age of the infant if it had been carried to full term.
  • infant includes low birth weight infants, very low birth weight infants, extremely low birth weight infants and preterm infants.
  • Embodision means a mixture of two or more immiscible liquids comprising a dispersed phase and a continuous phase.
  • one liquid called the dispersed phase
  • the continuous phase is dispersed in the other liquid, called the continuous phase, bulk phase, or aqueous component.
  • Unit dose refers to a single package of a nutritional composition.
  • the nutritional composition of the present disclosure may also be substantially free of any optional or selected ingredients described herein, provided that the remaining nutritional composition still contains all of the required ingredients or features described herein.
  • the term “substantially free” means that the selected composition contains less than a functional amount of the optional ingredient, typically less than 0.1% by weight, and also, including zero percent by weight of such optional or selected ingredient.
  • the nutritional composition of the present disclosure may provide nutritional support to preterm and/or low-birth-weight infants or to any other patient with unmet nutritional needs.
  • the nutritional composition is designed to meet specific nutritional needs of individual subjects, such as infants or preterm infants, in stable, unit-dose liquid compositions standardized to a specified caloric content and/or as a concentrate to meet a subject's particular nutritional needs.
  • the present disclosure provides a nutritional composition that is useful to combat nutritional inadequacy in the provision of nutrients to those subjects relying on partial or total parenteral nutrition, thereby promoting healthy development of a subject.
  • the nutritional composition provides effective amounts of nutrients, such as DHA or ARA, which will promote, for example, visual and neural development in an infant.
  • the lipid component of the nutritional composition comprises a single fatty acid, such as a LCPUFA or a combination of LCPUFAs.
  • LCPUFAs generally have a carbon chain length of at least 18.
  • Suitable LCPUFAs for inclusion in the nutritional composition include, but are not limited to, ⁇ -3 or ⁇ -6 long-chain polyunsaturated acids, such as ARA (20:4n-6) and DHA (22:6n-3).
  • the lipid component comprises DHA.
  • the lipid component of the nutritional composition comprises both DHA and ARA.
  • the preferred forms of DHA and ARA incorporated in the nutritional composition are free, non-esterified DHA and ARA.
  • the lipid component of the nutritional composition may comprise between about 0.3% and about 5% w/w DHA in some embodiments.
  • the lipid component comprises at least about 0.32% DHA.
  • the lipid component comprises at least about 0.5% DHA.
  • the lipid component comprises at least about 1% DHA.
  • the lipid component comprises at least about 1.5% DHA. It still other embodiments, the lipid component of the nutritional composition comprises at least about 2% DHA.
  • DHA may, in some embodiments, comprise between about 15% and 30% w/w of the total lipid component. In other embodiments, DHA comprises at least about 20% to about 30% w/w of the lipid connponent. Still in further embodiments, DHA comprises at least about 20% w/w of the lipid component. In still other embodiments, DHA comprises 28% w/w of the lipid component.
  • the lipid component of the present disclosure may be formulated with higher or lower amounts of DHA than are commonly known in the art. The nutritional compositions formulated with a higher amount of DHA may provide additive and/or synergistic health benefits.
  • the source of DHA may be any source known in the art, such as, for example, marine oil, fish oil, single cell oil, egg yolk lipid, and brain lipid.
  • the DHA can be in natural or refined form.
  • the nutritional composition comprises a source of DHA comprising DHASCO® and/or a fungal oil blend.
  • the nutritional composition comprises a source of DHA comprising LI PI L oil.
  • the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver at least about 25 mg/kg/day of DHA to the subject. In some embodiments, the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver at least about 50 mg/kg/day DHA. In other embodiments, the nutritional composition may deliver at least about 60 mg/kg/day of DHA to the subject. And in some embodiments, the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver at least about 75 mg/kg/day of DHA to the subject. In further embodiments, the nutritional composition is formulated to deliver at least about 100 mg/kg/day DHA.
  • the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver, for example, between about 12 mg and 200 mg of DHA per day.
  • the nutritional composition will comprise between about 12 and about 200 mg of DHA per 100 mL.
  • the lipid component of the nutritional composition may comprise between about 0.5% and about 5% w/w ARA. In one embodiment, the lipid component comprises at least about 0.64% ARA. In other embodiments, the lipid component comprises at least about 0.5% ARA. In some embodiments, the lipid component comprises at least about 1% ARA. In further embodiments, the lipid component comprises at least about 1.5% ARA. It still other embodiments, the lipid component of the nutritional composition comprises at least about 2% ARA.
  • ARA may, in some embodiments comprise about 10% to about 20% w/w of the total lipid component. In other embodiments, ARA may comprise at least about 15% w/w of the total lipid component. In still other embodiments, ARA may comprise about 14% w/w of the total lipid component.
  • the ARA source may be any source of ARA known in the art.
  • the nutritional composition comprises a source of ARA comprising ARASCO® and/or a fungal oil blend.
  • the ARA component of the nutritional supplement comprises about 30% of a fungal oil blend.
  • the nutritional composition comprises a source of ARA comprising LI PI L oil.
  • the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver at least about 10 mg/kg/day of ARA to the subject. In some embodiments, the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver at least about 15 mg/kg/day of ARA to the subject. In some embodiments, the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver at least about 25 mg/kg/day of ARA to the subject. In some embodiments, the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver at least about 40 mg/kg/day ARA. In other embodiments, the nutritional composition may deliver at least about 50 mg/kg/day of ARA to the subject. And in some embodiments, the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver at least about 60 mg/kg/day of ARA to the subject. Accordingly, then, as many preterm infants weigh between about 500g and 2000g, the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver, for example, between about 12 mg and 120 mg of ARA per day.
  • the lipid component of the nutritional composition may be supplemented with both DHA and ARA.
  • the DHA:ARA ratio is between about 1 :6 and 6:1. In other embodiments, the DHA:ARA ratio is between about 1 :2 and 2:1. In still further embodiments, the DHA:ARA ratio is about 1 :1. In still other embodiments, the DHA:ARA ratio may be from about 3:1 to about 1:9.
  • the lipid component of the nutritional composition of the present disclosure may, in some embodiments, optionally include at least one of the following fatty acids, C12 lauric acid, C14 myristic acid, C16 palmitic acid, C16:1 palmitoleic acid, C18 stearic acid, C18:1 oleic acid, C18:2 linoleic acid, C18:3 ⁇ -linolenic acid, C20 ARA, C20:3 cis-9-11 -14- eicosatrienoic acid, C20:4 ARA, C22 behenic acid, C22:6 DHA or C24 lignoceric acid, and mixtures thereof.
  • fatty acids C12 lauric acid, C14 myristic acid, C16 palmitic acid, C16:1 palmitoleic acid, C18 stearic acid, C18:1 oleic acid, C18:2 linoleic acid, C18:3 ⁇ -linolenic acid, C20
  • Suitable fat or lipid sources for practicing the present disclosure may be comprise any lipid source known in the art, including but not limited to, animal sources, e.g., milk fat, butter, butter fat, egg yolk lipid; marine sources, such as fish oils, marine oils, single- cell oils; vegetable and plant oils, such as corn oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil, palmolein, coconut oil, high oleic sunflower oil, evening primrose oil, rapeseed oil, olive oil, flaxseed (linseed) oil, cottonseed oil, high oleic safflower oil, palm stearin, soy lecithin, palm kernel oil, wheat germ oil, medium chain triglyceride oil.
  • animal sources e.g., milk fat, butter, butter fat, egg yolk lipid
  • marine sources such as fish oils, marine oils, single- cell oils
  • vegetable and plant oils such as corn oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil, palmolein, coconut oil, high oleic sunflower
  • the nutritional composition may comprise a lipid component that contains a fat or a combination of fats in order to deliver a desired blend of fatty acids to a subject.
  • All or part of the lipid component may comprise a lipid emulsion.
  • the lipid component may comprise between about 2.5 g and about 5 g per 100 mL of nutritional composition.
  • the lipid component may comprise between about 5% and about 20% of the nutritional composition.
  • the nutritional composition further comprises a protein component.
  • the protein component may comprise, but is not limited to, milk protein powders, milk protein concentrates, milk protein isolates, nonfat milk solids, nonfat milk, nonfat dry milk, whey protein, whey protein isolates, whey protein concentrates, sweet whey, acid whey, casein, acid casein, caseinate ⁇ e.g. sodium caseinate, sodium calcium caseinate, calcium caseinate) and any combinations thereof.
  • the proteins are provided as intact proteins. In other embodiments, the proteins are provided as a combination of both intact proteins and partially hydrolyzed proteins, with a degree of hydrolysis of between about 4% and 10%. In certain other embodiments, the proteins are more completely hydrolyzed.
  • the protein source may be supplemented with glutamine-containing peptides. Hydrolyed proteins may be desirable due to their easy digestability.
  • the nutritional composition may also contain an additional nitrogen source in addition to the identified amino acids and proteins.
  • a carbohydrate component may optionally be included in some embodiments of the nutritional compositions disclosed herein.
  • the carbohydrates utilized in the nutritional composition may be any digestible carbohydrates, such as dextrose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, maltodextrin, corn syrup solids, or mixtures thereof, depending on usage.
  • Hydrolyzed carbohydrates may be desirable due to their easy digestibility.
  • the nutritional composition may include a mineral component.
  • the mineral component may optionally include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following minerals or derivations thereof: boron, calcium, calcium acetate, calcium gluconate, calcium chloride, calcium lactate, calcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, chloride, chromium, chromium chloride, chromium picolonate, copper, copper sulfate, copper gluconate, cupric sulfate, fluoride, iron, carbonyl iron, ferric iron, ferrous fumarate, ferric orthophosphate, iron trituration, polysaccharide iron, iodide, iodine, magnesium, magnesium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium stearate, magnesium sulfate, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, potassium, potassium phosphate, potassium iodide, potassium chloride, potassium acetate, selenium, sulfur, sodium, docusate sodium, sodium,
  • Non-limiting exemplary derivatives of mineral compounds include salts, alkaline salts, esters and chelates of any mineral compound.
  • the minerals can be added to the nutritional composition in the form of salts such as calcium phosphate, calcium glycerol phosphate, sodium citrate, potassium chloride, potassium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, cupric sulfate, manganese sulfate, and sodium selenite. Additional vitamins and minerals can be added to the nutritional composition by any method known within the art.
  • a vitamin component may optionally be included in some embodiments of the nutritional composition.
  • the vitamin component of the nutritional composition may optionally include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following vitamins or derivations thereof: vitamin Bi (thiamin, thiamin pyrophosphate, TPP, thiamin triphosphate, TTP, thiamin hydrochloride, thiamin mononitrate), vitamin B 2 (riboflavin, flavin mononucleotide, FMN, flavin adenine dinucleotide, FAD, lactoflavin, ovoflavin), vitamin B 3 (niacin, nicotinic acid, nicotinamide, niacinamide, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, NAD, nicotinic acid
  • vitamin B 6 pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine hydrochloride
  • pantothenic acid pantothenate, panthenol
  • folate folic acid, folacin, pteroylglutamic acid
  • vitamin Bi 2 pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine hydrochloride
  • pantothenic acid pantothenate, panthenol
  • folate folic acid, folacin, pteroylglutamic acid
  • vitamin Bi 2 vitamin Bi 2
  • vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin A (retinol, retinyl acetate, retinyl palmitate, retinyl esters with other long-chain fatty acids, retinal, retinoic acid, retinol esters), vitamin D (calciferol, cholecalciferol, vitamin D 3 , 1 ,25,-dihydroxyvitamin D), vitamin E (a- tocopherol, a-tocopherol acetate, a-tocopherol succinate, a-tocopherol nicotinate, ⁇ - tocopherol), vitamin K (vitamin K-i, phylloquinone, naphthoquinone, vitamin K 2 , menaquinone- 7, vitamin K 3 , menaquinone-4, men
  • the nutritional composition of the present disclosure may comprise at least one prebiotic.
  • any prebiotic known in the art may be added.
  • the prebiotic can be selected from the group consisting of fructo-oligosaccharide, gluco-oligosaccharide, galacto-oligosaccharide, polydextrose, isomalto-oligosaccharide, xylo-oligosaccharide and lactulose.
  • the nutritional composition may contain one or more probiotics. Any probiotic known in the art may be acceptable in this embodiment provided it achieves the intended result.
  • the probiotic may be selected from any Lactobacillus species, Lactobacillus rhamnosus
  • the probiotic(s) may be viable or non-viable.
  • viable refers to live microorganisms.
  • non-viable or nonviable probiotic means non-living probiotic microorganisms, their cellular components and/or metabolites thereof. Such non-viable probiotics may have been heat-killed or otherwise inactivated, but they retain the ability to favorably influence the health of the host.
  • the probiotics useful in the present disclosure may be naturally-occurring, synthetic or developed through the genetic manipulation of organisms, whether such new source is now known or later developed.
  • the nutritional composition of the present disclosure comprises a stable emulsion further comprising an emulsifier.
  • the emulsifier may comprise
  • the emulsifier may comprise, for example, lecithin, citrem, mono-glyceride(s) or di-glyceride(s).
  • the lipid component of the nutritional composition provides fatty acid(s) in the form of a stable emulsion.
  • the nutritional composition may comprise a stabilizer, such as carrageenan, in place of or in addition to an emulsifier.
  • the step of emulsifying may be accomplished via mechanical agitation, ultrasonic vibration, heating, or a combination thereof.
  • Emulsification may be accomplished using any method for emulsification known in the art.
  • emulsification may comprise homogenization.
  • multiple homogenization steps may be applied to produce the emulsified lipid component of the nutritional composition.
  • proteins may act as surfactants in some embodiments of the nutritional composition. Protein surfactants have the capability of spreading at a lipid-water interface in order to reduce droplet coalescence. Indeed, a protein surfactant may lower the interfacial tension between two liquids resulting in the miscibility of the two liquids.
  • the nutritional composition may comprise any emulsifier that is water soluble.
  • the nutritional composition may comprise more than one emulsifier and/or stabilizer in some embodiments.
  • the nutritional connposition comprises, in an embodiment, an emulsion of at least one LCPUFA that is stabilized by a protein substrate comprising a-lactalbumin.
  • the emulsified LCPUFA may comprise DHA.
  • the a-lactalbumin acts as a stabilizing agent, specifically as a surfactant. Additional surfactants, emulsion stabilizers and
  • microencapsulants may be utilized in the lipid component but are not required in order to produce the stable emulsion of the nutritional composition of the present disclosure.
  • the lipid emulsion of the nutritional composition contains oil/lipid droplets ranging from about 0.070 ⁇ to about 1 ⁇ in diameter.
  • the nutritional composition may mimic certain characteristics of human breast milk.
  • the nutritional formula may comprise ⁇ -lactalbumin, which is the dominant whey protein in human breast milk. Adding ⁇ -lactalbumin to a composition for preterm infants may provide several physiological and nutritional benefits.
  • the nutritional composition may comprise a higher DHA content than human milk. The enhanced level of DHA of the nutritional composition compensates for any DHA deficit in a preterm infant and/or prevents the appearance of a DHA deficit.
  • Other nutrients and ingredients such as amino acids, vitamins, and minerals may be incorporated into the liquid phase, or aqueous element, of the emulsion. It may be advantageous to add such other ingredients directly by mixing into the emulsion after homogenization. Indeed, the stabilized emulsion allows for the incorporation of other nutrients into the aqueous element without desorption, disruption, or coalescence of the lipid droplets.
  • the nutritional composition comprising the emulsion is nutritionally complete, containing suitable types and amounts of lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals to be a subject's sole source of nutrition.
  • the nutritional composition may optionally include any number of proteins, peptides, amino acids, fatty acids, probiotics and/or their metabolic by-products, prebiotics, carbohydrates and any other nutrient or other compound that may provide many nutritional and physiological benefits to a subject.
  • the nutritional composition of the present disclosure may, in some embodiments, comprise flavors, flavor enhancers, sweeteners, pigments, therapeutic ingredients, functional food ingredients, food ingredients, processing ingredients or combinations thereof.
  • the nutritional connposition of the present disclosure may be standardized to a specific caloric content, it may be provided as a ready-to-use product, or it may be provided in a concentrated form.
  • the present disclosure provides a nutritional composition that, in some embodiments, is a nutritional supplement for enteral administration comprising a lipid component that contains an emulsion of at least one fatty acid.
  • the nutritional supplement may be formulated with DHA and ARA and is designed to correct nutritional deficiencies in a subject, such as a preterm infant.
  • the nutritional composition is a human milk fortifier and/or an infant formula fortifier.
  • the nutritional composition comprises DHA and ARA in the form of a stabilized emulsion that may be easily mixed with either human milk or infant formula.
  • the nutritional composition in the form of a fortifier may be added to the oral feeds in an effort to ensure that adequate levels of DHA and ARA are available to support optimal growth and neurodevelopment in the subject.
  • the present disclosure further provides a method for providing nutritional support to a subject, such as a preterm infant, that is receiving partial or total parenteral nutrition.
  • the method includes administering the nutritional composition of the present disclosure to the subject.
  • the duration of administration may vary, but the nutritional composition should be administered while the infant is unable to fully feed and/or is receiving full or partial total parenteral nutrition.
  • the present disclosure also provides a method for enterally delivering nutrients to a subject who requires that the nutrients be administered in very small volumes.
  • the present disclosure addresses the needs of any population that may require small volume enteral nutrition support, including but not limited to perisurgical subjects, subject with short-gut syndrome, pediatric intensive care subjects, and/or any population of any age that is unable to fully orally feed or that is receiving minimal enteral nutrition support or TPN.
  • the present disclosure is directed to, in at least one embodiment, a nutritional composition that delivers, in a small volume, a set of specific nutrients to a subject.
  • the resulting nutritional composition may be commercially viable and is practical for use in critical care settings including, but not limited to, the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
  • the nutritional composition of the present disclosure comprises an enteral nutrient delivery system whereby small but precise volumes of nutritional compositions are introduced into the digestive tract of a subject.
  • the nutritional composition is delivered in a volume dose of at least 0.5 mL.
  • the nutritional composition is delivered in a volume dose of between about 0.7 and about 1.3 mL.
  • the nutritional composition is delivered in a volume of about 1 mL.
  • the nutritional composition may be delivered in volumes up to about 1.5 mL or up to about 2 mL.
  • the nutritional composition delivers valuable nutrients to a preterm infant or infant in a small-volume liquid dose of about 1 mL. While preterm infants are often too ill to tolerate full enteral feeds, the nutritional compositions of the present disclosure are designed to be administered as a small-volume nutritional composition that may be directly administered to an infant through, for example, a nasogastric tube that is placed in infants in the NICU. Thus, administration of the presently disclosed nutritional composition may begin on the first day postpartum.
  • the nutritional composition may be administered one or two times daily or more frequently as directed by a medical professional. Indeed, the nutritional composition may be administered three times daily, four times daily or even still more frequently as directed by a medical professional. Administration may begin immediately after birth and may continue as long as a subject is in nutritional need. In some
  • the nutritional composition is administered daily to preterm infants until a time equal to full-term gestation. In other embodiments, the nutritional composition is administered to subjects for an amount of time equal to the time that the patient receives full or partial parenteral nutrition.
  • the nutritional composition of the present disclosure may be commercially packaged such that it may interface directly with enteral nutrition apparatuses including, but not limited to, nasogastric tubing, percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy, percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy, transpyloric tubing and the like. Yet, the packaging should be incompatible with intravenous feeding lines in order to minimize the risk of intravenous administration. Such a design is convenient to ensure full delivery of the package contents, to minimize the risk of contamination and to increase compliance. Further, in certain embodiments, the nutritional composition may be packaged in a single unit-dose delivery package of about 1 mL total volume, about 1.5 mL total volume, or about 2 mL total volume. A unit-dose packaging system is preferred in order to minimize dosing errors and reduce risks of contamination.
  • the nutritional composition may be delivered to an infant from birth until at a time that matches full-term gestation. In some embodiments, the nutritional composition may be delivered to an infant until at least about three months corrected age. In another embodiment, the nutritional composition may be delivered to a subject as long as is necessary to correct nutritional deficiencies. In yet another ennbodinnent, the nutritional connposition may be delivered to an infant from birth until at least about one year corrected age.
  • the nutritional composition of the present disclosure may be formulated to be administered twice daily to an infant weighing about 1 kg.
  • the infant may receive two 1.5 imL servings of the nutritional composition.
  • the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver about 25.5 mg DHA per day and about 17 mg ARA per day to the infant.
  • An example of the nutritional composition suitable for use in this example is set forth below:
  • the nutritional composition may be administered to the infant four times per day in an amount of about 1.5ml_ per serving.
  • the nutritional composition may be formulated to deliver about 25.5 mg DHA per day and about 17 mg ARA per day to the infant.
  • An example of the nutritional composition suitable for use in this example is set forth below:

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